It’s been a strange spring. The first two weeks of April were very warm with brilliant sunshine everyday. I planted the onions, shallots, radishes and chard and watered every day. My tomato and squash seedlings basked in the sun on the balcony every afternoon. The last two weeks have been cold with wind and rain every day. My seedlings are stuck inside with the rest of us and I’m hoping … Continue reading →
I do have a proper recipe for Slow Cooker Coq au Vin but this is an easy version. I am seriously getting into easy cooking lately. I actually bought ready-made puff pastry nibbles for our first course last weekend. I was in the frozen food store picking up scallops for our New Year’s Eve dinner (Coquilles Saint-Jacques) when I wandered through the ‘apero’ (nibbles for drinks) section. I always buy … Continue reading →
While I have a cave full of butternut squash my big blue Crown Prince pumpkins didn’t do as well. First, they were kind of gnarly…. They all had these strange tan ridges / growths on the surface. I have no photos of them, sadly. The harvest was at the same time I was tending a sick Bonnie so taking photos of vegetables was not a priority…. I harvested, cured and … Continue reading →
Our chickens appear to be getting bigger. Back in the beginning of time, when I first started being creative in the kitchen, I used to skin and bone chicken breasts. Yes, boys and girls, there was a time when one could not buy pre-packaged, skinless, boneless chicken breasts. Or at least one couldn’t buy then where I lived. Really. At that time one chicken breast was a perfect size for … Continue reading →
I use skinned thighs – because I have dogs. Also, because unless it’s crispy from frying / oven frying or grilling, I don’t particularly like it. The dogs, on the other hand, love it. Skin the thighs by simply pulling it off. You may need to cut in a few places. Then cut it up, reserving all the fat, fry it a bit and give it to the dogs in … Continue reading →
Once again we are cooking with the weather and not with the seasons. Things are looking up, however. We had sunshine almost all afternoon today. I have hopes that the yellow leaves on my onions and the barely-grown acorn squash will turn green again once the ground dries up and they have a bit of sunshine. Do leaves do that? I know they can go from purple to green (my … Continue reading →
These are similar to the Chicken Wings that mon mari loves. We didn’t marinate the thighs, just basted them the sauce, like we would for regular barbecued chicken. And, of course, we saved half the sauce for dipping. Grilled Chicken Thighs with Oyster Barbecue Sauce Total time: 40 minutes Ingredients: 4 chicken thighs 2 tsp olive oil salt, pepper Oyster Barbecue Sauce 1/3 cup oyster sauce 1/4 cup hoisin barbecue … Continue reading →
